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Re: Is pandemic providing cover for privatization? Jan. 26

Re: Nursing shortage fix is obvious Jan. 26

Gillian Stewards column out of Alberta enumerates the many reasons an Alberta resident could conclude that In many ways the pandemic has provided opportunity, and cover, for politicians, such as (Alberta Premier Jason) Kenney and medi-entrepreneurs who have long wanted to cash in on health care through the public purse.

Birgit Umaigba, an emergency and intensive care nurse who also teaches nursing, is furious that thousands of internationally trained nurses are not allowed to apply their talents, in a province needing more than 22,000 nurses.

These stories bring to mind the anticipation as my family gathered to read Pierre Bertons columns in the Toronto Star, reporting instances of medical hardships suffered by Toronto citizens in the years after universal medicare was won for Saskatchewans survivors of the Great Depression. Other survivors from coast to coast, like my family, could suddenly imagine debt-free medical attention.

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Health-care deficiencies run very deep - TheRecord.com